![]() ![]() And if they succeed in their heroic mission, they may also succeed in earning a favor for Roger’s dad…ĭedicated to the author’s son– whose bedtime stories became fodder for Eager’s classic books– this is the story of children at an age when “pretend” games begin to be left behind… and one last, sparkling flare-up of the power of imagination, the magic of romantic tales and the too-soon-forgotten joys of toys come to life. ![]() But soon they are inside their own magic toyland, interacting with literary characters and toys come to life, and rewriting the adventure of Ivanhoe as they go along. Of course the children are inspired by seeing a movie of Ivanhoe before the real adventures begin. Soon joined by his sister and cousins, and aided by a toy castle and a whole set of very special toy soldiers, Roger becomes the hero in a fractured version of Walter Scott’s classic romantic novel of the age of chivalry, Ivanhoe. Aided by a magic model soldier that has been in the family for generations, Roger begins a quest to earn a magical cure for his father’s illness. When Roger’s father takes ill and needs treatment at a Baltimore hospital, the children go to spend the summer with their cousins. ![]() This 1956 story tells the adventures of a little boy named Roger, his younger sister Ann, and their cousins Jack and Eliza, all of whom are descended from the children in Half-Magic. ![]()
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